Marlene Hagge-Vossler, Last Surviving LPGA Founder, Dies at 89

Nancy Lopez (L), stands with one of the LPGA founders, Marlene Hagge, at North Hills Country Club in Manhasset, N.Y., on Aug. 13, 1978. AP Photo

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif.—Marlene Hagge-Vossler, a Hall of Fame player and the last surviving founder of the LPGA Tour, died Tuesday morning, her family said. She was 89.

Hagge-Vossler won 26 times on the LPGA Tour, including the 1952 LPGA Championship, and she was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002.